habilitates

present tense third-person singular of habilitate
as in rehabilitates
to make better in behavior or character believes that society should be responsible for habilitating nonviolent offenders

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  • In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • Earnify also redeems users on points to use inside convenient stores and gas stations, for all your road trip snack needs.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Portrayed throughout the season as an unholy fool of sorts, free of malice and premeditation and utterly harmless once properly medicated, Ed redeems himself to a certain extent.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Habilitates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habilitates. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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